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Presents a collection of primary sources documenting life during the Depression and New Deal era.

Presents a collection of over four hundred letters by American women, arranged chronologically, from the Revolutionary War to the present, including examples from ordinary people, writers, and politicians that paint a picture of American life.

Focuses on the experiences of individuals in the Civil War through first-person narratives, from the perspective of both the North and the South, and speeches delivered before and during the conflict.

Presents an overview of the history of the early American colony of New York, using primary source materials, with information on its founding, settlement, growth as a colony, and role in the American Revolution.

Presents the essays, proclamations, and letters of Sim?n Bol?var, the liberator of South America in the early nineteenth century, and details the problems of the region and his ideas on political organization.

Presents primary source documents and explanatory text that covers United States history from 1816 to 1850.

Presents primary source documents and explanatory text that covers United States history from 1492 to 1763.

Presents information on the axe murders of Andrew and Abby Borden in 1892, a crime for which their daughter Lizzie went to trial, featuring reproductions of articles from forty-one newspapers across the U. S., official correspondence and transcripts, and discussion of the plays, opera, and ballet inspired by the crimes.

This book tells the story of U.S. immigration and migration in the words of the people who lived and shaped it.